The corpus record

ῥύγχ-ος

rugchos · τό

snout, muzzle

Generated live from the audited corpus — every figure on this page is a database query, not prose from memory.

What it meant — LSJ

snout, muzzle, beak, bill

snout, muzzle, of swine, Stesich. 14, Pherecr. 102, Anaxil. 11, Arist. HA 595a18, cf. Sch. Ar. Av. 347; of dogs and other quadrupeds, Theoc. 6.30, Arist. PA 658b30, Thphr. Char. 4.10: of birds, beak, bill, Ar. Av. 348, 364, al., Arist. HA 504a21, PA 659b22, 693a16.

Com., of a manʼs face, Cratin. 440, Archipp. 1; of a godʼs face, Arar. 1.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

Ask the librarian

Ask about ῥύγχ-ος →